The ribbon is long and light and may be thrown in all directions. The movements with the ribbon should be large and free-flowing. Its function is to create designs in space. It flights through air to make images and shapes of every kind. Figures of many different sizes are executed at varying rhythms. Snakes, spirals and throws are essentials of the ribbons flight. The technical groups for ribbon are the “snakes”, spirals, throws and catches, small tosses. Handling includes “thrusts”, swings, circles and figure eights.
